15 must-read nonfiction books like Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy: A Therapist's Guide to Creating Acceptance and Change by Andrew Christensen

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Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy: A Therapist's Guide to Creating Acceptance and Change

By: Andrew Christensen

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The definitive therapist manual for Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT)―one of the most em…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy: A Therapist's Guide to Creating Acceptance and Change by Andrew Christensen , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

By: Judith Lewis Herman

4.39

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"Dissociation appears to be... the internal mechanism by which terrorized people are silenced."

-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

"Recovery can take place only within then context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation."

-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

"The desire for total control over another person is the common denominator of all forms of tyranny."

-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

"People who have survived atrocities often tell their stories in a highly emotional, contradictory and fragmented manner."

-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

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2. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

By: Brené Brown

4.13

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we k… read more

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  • psychology
"Joy is probably the most vulnerable emotion we experience in our lives."

-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

"Lying is a defiance of the truth. Bullshitting is a wholesale dismissal of the truth."

-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

"When we're suffering, may of us are better at causing pain than feeling it. We spread hurt rather than let it inside."

-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

"(Quoting Viola Davis) I will not be a mystery to my daughter. She will know me and I will share my stories with her—the stories of failure, shame, and accomplishment. She will know she’s not alone in…"

-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

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3. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change

By: Steven C. Hayes , Kirk D. Strosahl , Kelly G. Wilson

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

Most therapists and clients believe that a more vital life can be attained by overcoming negative t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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4. Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others

By: Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky , Connie Burk

4.18

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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5. Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed

By: Daniel J. Siegel , Jeffrey Young , Wendy T. Behary

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Paperback

Do you know someone who is overly arrogant, shows an extreme lack of empathy, or exhibits an inflat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology

6. Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship

By: Laurence Heller , None

3.69

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Although it may seem that humans suffer from an endless number of emotional problems and challenges… read more

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7. Theory-Based Treatment Planning for Marriage and Family Therapists: Integrating Theory and Practice

By: None , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

This text is a treatment planner and theory guide for therapists working from systemic and postmode… read more

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8. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find -- and Keep -- Love

By: Amir Levine , None

3.76

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Is there a science to love? In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levi… read more

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9. Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship

By: Harville Hendrix , Stan Tatkin

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

""What the heck is my partner thinking?"" is a common refrain in romantic relationships, and with g… read more

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10. Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

By: Sue Johnson

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Hardcover

Heralded by the New York Timesand Timeas the couples therapy with the highest rate of success, Emot… read more

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11. The Life We Bury

By: Allen Eskens

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English c… read more

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12. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

By: None

4.27

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

A pioneering researcher and one of the world's foremost experts on traumatic stress offers a bold n… read more

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13. Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process

By: Nancy McWilliams

4.21

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

This is the first text to come along in many years that makes psychoanalytic personality theory and… read more

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14. 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works

By: Dan Harris

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to… read more

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15. The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection

By: Sue Johnson

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Since its original publication in 1996, this volume has been a helpful guide to therapists in the p… read more

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16. While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence

By: Meg Kissinger

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illnes… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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17. I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working

By: Shauna Niequist

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When everything we've been clinging to falls apart, how do we know what to keep and what to let go … read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

By: Nedra Glover Tawwab

4.28

Format: 282 pages, ebook

End the struggle, speak up for what you need, and experience the freedom of being truly yourself. … read more

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  • psychology
"We don't naturally fall into perfect relationship; we create them"

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

"I’m not doing this to disrespect you. I’m doing this to respect myself."

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

"Assume that people know only what you tell them, honor only what you request, and can't read your mind."

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

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19. The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

By: Sonya Renee Taylor

4.23

Format: 137 pages, Paperback

A global movement guided by love. Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of bel… read more

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  • psychology
"There is gorgeous potential and heinous instinct in us all."

-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

"Being different is difficult in a world that tells us there is a "normal."

-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

"The most powerful antidote to a world of body terrorism is a world of compassion. Giving yourself the gift of grace is an act of revolution!"

-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

"Systems do not maintain themselves; even our lack of intervention is an act of maintenance. Every structure in every society is upheld by the active and passive assistance of other human beings."

-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

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20. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

By: Richard C. Schwartz

4.15

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts t… read more

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  • psychology
"The big insight was that giving a troubled person a psychiatric diagnosis and seeing that as the sole or main cause of their symptoms was unnecessarily limiting, pathologizing, and could become self-…"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

"IFS can be seen as attachment theory taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was initially amazed to discover that …"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

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21. Camp Zero

By: Michelle Min Sterling

3.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In a near-future northern settlement, a handful of climate change survivors find their fates intert… read more

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"Now Grant understood. College wasn't about books and ideas and new directions. It was slow annihilation."

-Michelle Min Sterling, Camp Zero

"Why do men take so easily whatever they want? Because nothing will ever be enough, she realizes. The more a man possesses, the more he thinks he deserves."

-Michelle Min Sterling, Camp Zero

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22. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

By: Melody Beattie

4.13

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestseller that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to un… read more

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  • psychology
"We work it out, or live it out."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"Failure to follow desire, to do what you want to do most, paves the way to mediocrity."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"We Are Lovable Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her, and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

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23. Anchored

By: Deb Dana

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Discover your body’s neural pathways to calmness, safety, and connection. An intense conversation,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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24. Raiders of the Lost Heart

By: Jo Segura

3.44

Format: 357 pages, Paperback

Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or it could leave their careers—and… read more

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25. Detransition, Baby

By: Torrey Peters

3.94

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

A whipsmart debut about three women—transgender and cisgender—whose lives collide after an unexpect… read more

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"The moment elongates like pulled taffy."

-Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby

"All pain merits care, but not dogmatically egalitarian relativism."

-Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby

"The days I don't love you... I have to work hard to make those days happen."

-Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby

"She's the type to turn hardship into hardness, like a shield for people she loves."

-Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby

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26. Last Girl Ghosted

By: Lisa Unger

3.64

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Secrets, obsession and vengeance converge in this riveting thriller about an online dating match tu… read more

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27. Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD: A Comprehensive Manual

By: Patricia A. Resick

4.48

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

The culmination of more than 25 years of clinical work and research, this is the authoritative pres… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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28. Essential Skills in Family Therapy: From the First Interview to Termination

By: JoEllen Patterson

3.81

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Designed throughout to meet the developmental needs of the beginning family therapist, this handboo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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29. Common Factors in Couple and Family Therapy: The Overlooked Foundation for Effective Practice

By: Douglas H. Sprenkle

3.97

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Grounded in theory, research, and extensive clinical experience, this pragmatic book addresses crit… read more

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30. Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy: A Therapist's Guide to Creating Acceptance and Change

By: Andrew Christensen

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The definitive therapist manual for Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT)―one of the most em… read more

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14 Best psychology books like Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy: A Therapist's Guide to Creating Acceptance and Change by Andrew Christensen

Transform Your Habits

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

Judith Lewis Herman

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

Brené Brown

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change

Steven C. Hayes , Kirk D. Strosahl , Kelly G. Wilson

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others

Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky , Connie Burk

4.18

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Transform Your Habits

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

Brené Brown

5.00

Transform Your Habits

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection

Julie Schwartz Gottman

4.57

Transform Your Habits

Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People: Avoid Emotional Traps, Stand Up for Your Self, and Transform Your Relationships as an Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

4.49

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